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Title: 42nd Summer Meeting of the the Mathematical Organizations of America
Identifier: e_math_01410
Creator: Fay Foto Services
Dates: 1936-08
Box: 4RM133
Resource: Mathematical Association of America records
Description: Panoramic photo of attendees to the 42nd Annual Meeting of the the Mathematical Organizations of America in connection with the Harvard Tercentenary Celebration

Title: Can You Hear the Shape of a Drum? (Complete Version) [Reel 1 of 2; Composite], Can You Hear the Shape of a Drum? (Complete Version) [Reel 1 of 2; Composite]
Identifier: e_math_01271
Contributor: Kac, Mark
Dates: 1966
Resource: Mathematical Association of America records
Description: Mark Kac lectures on the degree to which the shape of a vibrating membrane is determined by its eigenvalues, or normal modes of vibration. This version includes the Weiner integral, and more. Knowledge of the phenomena of Brownian motion and diffusion will be helpful to the viewer.

Title: Can You Hear the Shape of a Drum? (Complete Version) [Reel 2 of 2; Composite], Can You Hear the Shape of a Drum? (Complete Version) [Reel 2 of 2; Composite]
Identifier: e_math_01272
Contributor: Kac, Mark
Dates: 1966
Resource: Mathematical Association of America records
Description: Mark Kac lectures on the degree to which the shape of a vibrating membrane is determined by its eigenvalues, or normal modes of vibration. This version includes the Wiener integral, and more. Knowledge of the phenomena of Brownian motion and diffusion will be helpful to the viewer.

Title: Differential Topology
Identifier: e_math_01200
Creator: Milnor, John W.
Contributor: Wilder, Raymond Louis, 1896-1982, Levine, Louis P., Mathematical association of America, National Science Foundation (U.S.), Tele-Tape Productions (New York, N.Y.), Reeves Studios
Dates: 1965-09-02
Box: 2R768A-B
Folder: Photographs: Future Scientists of America West Coast Teachers Summer Conference
Resource: Mathematical Association of America records
Description: Series of three lectures given by John W. Milnor to the 46th Summer Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America. Black and white picture with sound.

Title: Fixed Points [Reel 1 of 2; Composite], Fixed Points [Reel 1 of 2; Composite]
Identifier: e_math_01266
Contributor: Lefschetz, Solomon, 1884-1972
Dates: 1966
Resource: Mathematical Association of America records
Description: Professor Solomon Lefschetz describes how his “magic number” applies to determine whether a surface has the fixed-point property.

Title: Fixed Points [Reel 2 of 2; Composite], Fixed Points [Reel 2 of 2; Composite]
Identifier: e_math_01267
Contributor: Lefschetz, Solomon, 1884-1972
Dates: 1966
Resource: Mathematical Association of America records
Description: Professor Solomon Lefschetz describes how his “magic number” applies to determine whether a surface has the fixed-point property.

Title: Göttingen and New York: Reflections of a Life in Mathematics, Göttingen and New York: Reflections of a Life in Mathematics
Identifier: e_math_01218
Contributor: Courant, Richard, 1888-1972
Dates: 1966
Resource: Mathematical Association of America records
Description: A survey of the career of Richard Courant. His colleagues describe his influence and work, and Courant lectures on soap bubbles and minimal surfaces. A large part of the film consists of reminiscences of the formation of the Institutes at Göttingen and New York University.

Title: The Kakeya Problem Part I [Composite], The Kakeya Problem Part I [Composite]
Identifier: e_math_01262
Contributor: Besicovitch, Abram Samoilovitch, 1891-1970
Dates: 1962
Box: 2016-258/1
Resource: Mathematical Association of America records
Description: Creator description: "Given a unit horizontal length in the plane, what is the minimum area in which this line segment may be (cleverly) turned, so that its direction is reversed? Professor A. S. Besicovitch, who solved this problem, shows that no such minimum area exists." This video was composited at the Briscoe Center by combining the interpositive picture reel [e_math_01204] with the optical sound track reel [e_math_01206]. Slight color adjustments were also made.

Title: The Kakeya Problem [Part II], The Kakeya Problem [Part II]
Identifier: e_math_01263
Contributor: Besicovitch, Abram Samoilovitch, 1891-1970
Dates: 1962
Resource: Mathematical Association of America records
Description: Given a unit horizontal length in the plane, what is the minimum area in which this line segment may be (cleverly) turned, so that its direction is reversed? Professor A. S. Besicovitch, who solved this problem, shows that no such minimum area exists.

Title: Let Us Teach Guessing, Let Us Teach Guessing
Identifier: e_math_01301
Contributor: Polya, George, 1887-1985
Resource: Mathematical Association of America records
Description: Professor George Pólya leads an undergraduate class to discover the number of parts into which 3-space is divided by five arbitrary planes.

Title: The [MAA] Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Celebration, The [MAA] Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Celebration
Identifier: e_math_01300
Creator: Mathematical Association of America
Dates: 1990-08-08
Resource: Mathematical Association of America records
Description: Former MAA President, G. Baley Price, speaks on the topic of the origins of the MAA, with particular attention to the American Mathematical Monthly. The meeting took place as the organization marked its 75th anniversary.